Birdsong Carries the Rune

Sparrow marrow
is air. 

Hollow tones
are anything but shallow
and idioms
are like marshmallows.

Conjunctions are
furtive suggestions
directed like a compass 
to follow the heart of the earth.

Iron possesses
the least irony.
The sarcastic
cannot sing.

When rings are drunk
the circle wobbles
and infant fortitude 
eventually regains its feats.